1. The Lord’s purpose in building us up and making us His fullness is to make Christ the Head over all things. His will has not yet been fully accomplished because of our resistance to His authority. However, God counts on our growth and the building up of the church until we become His fullness. Then, He will use the builded church to fill all things (Ephesians 3:17-19; 1:9-10, 22-23).
2. God led Abraham to pitch his tent in Shechem, between Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal, so that he would choose Gerizim, the mountain of blessing and growth in life. Later, when he pitched his tent between Bethel and Ai, Abraham, already experiencing growth in life, had to make another choice: to live for the building up of God’s house or to allow his life to become a heap of ruins. May you choose the building up of the church! (Genesis 12:6; Deuteronomy 11:29; Genesis 12:8; 28:17; Joshua 8:28).
3. The building up of the church is not about organization, but about life. Therefore, it requires growth in life, which results in edification. Who desires to give God a dwelling place? Let us be like Zion. Let us strive to bring the kingdom of God and provide Him with a place of rest, where He can declare: “This is my resting place forever” (Isaiah 66:1; Psalm 132:13-14; Ephesians 3:19; 1:22-23).
4. “We can make a difference! Perhaps we feel alone in our city, or even in an entire country, not knowing what to do. But if we walk with God, our lives will be a powerful testimony. We need to learn to walk with God, for He is able to supply everything we need to fulfill His will again” (Genesis 6:11, 8) (Daily Food, book 4, week 4, Sunday, p. 71).
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